Currently, there are lots of “experts” claiming that you can improve your immunity with their products. Don’t waste your money on supplements when simple habits have been proven to make a difference. There are three proven ways to improve immunity, and today we will start with exercise. While exercise is an important habit for health and immunity, not all exercise …
Stock up Your Kitchen
Need to stock up? Whether you work from home, want to be prepared for emergencies, or need to self-isolate have these foods in your kitchen. Eat well to stay healthy. Dry Goods Grains: Whole grains like oats, brown rice, quinoa, wheat berries and spelt keep well. They are healthy, filling and are easy additions to most meals. Pasta: Whole wheat …
Boost Your Immunity
With the 24-hour updates on the latest outbreak of the coronavirus, you may feel like permanently wearing latex gloves, or trying not to touch anything at all. Keep washing your hands and remember these three things that can improve your immune system and your health. First, sleep. Get 7-9 hours of sleep. Research conducted in Germany has linked a good …
What are you made of?
Do you know your body composition? How much adipose tissue, lean muscle, and bone mass do you have? There are many ways to find out your body composition. Some of them are better than others, but here is a quick way. *Make sure you click on the second link, Calculate Body Fa %ge Body Fat & Everything Else Once you …
Exercise Guidelines
And other thoughts about inactivity. At the beginning of the week, I asked if you got the recommended 150 minutes of activity per week, no matter what it was. Did you do any type of exercise regularly for 150 minutes most weeks? I would like to thank the one person who said no. You are the typical North American adult. …
FOOSH
(fūsh) Acronym for fall onto an outstretched hand. A very common mechanism of injury. One of the most common ways to injure your hand, wrist and/or shoulder. I thought I would try it. Now I have a broken arm. It makes many things much more difficult. Like zipping up a jacket, doing up shoes, opening the peanut butter jar, flossing, doing my hair. Just kidding …
7 signs of heart disease
Valentine’s day is this week and now is a good time to show your heart a little extra love. Prevention of heart disease is possible with lifestyle changes. The most important factors include not smoking, regular exercise, stress management, maintaining a healthy weight and eating a healthy diet. One that is filled with whole grains, fruits, and vegetables. Meat is …
Are you fit enough?
Ok, I admit that I love to exercise and I know the people in the photo above do too. We understand the benefits that come from doing one workout. Never mind the ongoing returns from a minimal investment of an hour a day. While many people view exercise as “another thing to do” it is one thing where you get …
Our Protein Obsession is Killing Us
Where do you get your protein? Should I eat more protein? What about protein powders? Heard everywhere, daily. While collectively we are obsessed with protein it is not doing us any good. Let’s start with Keto The Keto diet, the latest incarnation of high protein, low carb nonsense that Dr. Atkins promoted, has been ranked one of the worst for …
Resolutions #notfail
It is the third week of January and most people who have made a resolution to change have given up. 65% of people say they make resolutions and the day that people tend to give up? January 17th. This is according to the popular fitness tracking app Strava. They reviewed 108 million users and found that January 17th is the …